Chief Minister Paul Henderson says any children who do not want to go home for safety reasons will not be forced to.

"For young children who are out on the streets at night there will be improved arrangements with family and children services to ensure that these children are taken home or taken to a safe place where they are not at danger and not at risk of being on the streets," he said.

"So this is very much an extension to the youth action plan."

Mr Henderson says the initiative will also target truancy.

"The schools know who they are," he said.

"They will be providing that information to police and there will be dedicated police patrols to find those children and understand why those children aren't in school.

"[It will] require parents to enter into family responsibility agreements and get them back to school."